politics it's the new book was enough to feed the pakistani foreign minister shop mahmood qureshi talks to al-jazeera. the world ramps up its response to the coronavirus with increasingly tough measures causing up people across europe. my. watching al-jazeera live from london i'm sorry navigator also ahead the e.u. condemns donald trump's decision to restrict travel from europe to the u.s. . markets plunge off to the u.s. president's announcement of the main u.k. index suffered its worst day in more than 30 years. and the virus has

a major impact on global sport spain's real madrid or in self quarantine as the legal suspends all match it's. my. fellow countries around the world are ramping up their response to the virus imposing increasingly drastic measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic the us has banned arrivals from mainland europe from friday and italy has strengthened its lock down closing bars restaurants and shops other than pharmacies and shops selling food several more countries have announced full school closures including france which has reportedly nearly which is reported rather nearly $8000.00 cases and norway which has seen more than $600.00 and even ireland with just 70 infections so far well a move to stop large gatherings as lead to major restrictions on sporting events

the national basketball association the n.b.a. and spain's top football league have suspended all games for now and global markets have continued to tumble on fears of the impacts london's footsie 100 suffered its biggest daily fall in more than 3 decades and trading was automatically halted over new york after a large drop in the markets opened their trolley angela has more. chaos and confusion in some european airports as travelers scramble for the last flights to the united states from friday night all flights from 26 year period countries will be banned for 30 days unprecedented action in unprecedented times but welcomed by some of us were there were we are lucky to be able to leave your if we all finally even tally. with the e.u. was quick to condemn president trump's decision the european union disapproves of the fact that the u.s. decision to impose

a travel ban was taken unilaterally and without consultation but isolation both within and from other countries is gaining momentum is infection rates italy one of the worst affected nations strengthened its nationwide quarantine while spain suspended parliament and football matches as death rates in the country almost doubled in 24 hours. france's president addressed the nation directly spelling out some difficult truths in spite of our efforts to delay it the virus continues to propagate and it's accelerating we knew it and feared it said this evening i'm asking all people who are more than 70 years of age and those who suffer from chronic illnesses or suffer from a spiritual problems people who are disabled to remain as much as possible at home or. their children only seem to suffer mild symptoms they are considered key spreaders of the virus and in response or lanka island denmark norway and frogs

join the long list of countries to shut down schools. but the british government continues to take a different approach holding off on any wide ranging restrictions that would suppress the spread now hoping instead to delay the peak of the outbreak until the summer is at stages we have been guided by the science and we will do the right thing at the right time we are not repeat not closing schools not the scientific advice is that this could do more good meanwhile in china life at the epicenter of the outbreak is gradually returning to normal in both in a 1000 patients waved goodbye to their hospital beds and only a few dozen new cases were recorded nationwide in south korea the number of new coronavirus cases is also decreasing but the government warned against privateer

optimism while in iran a 1000 new infections the country struggling with a lack of life saving equipment has asked for an emergency 5000000000 dollars loan from the international monetary fund taking fright at these well developments the stock markets showed a sea of red with the u.s. dow jones entering a bad market for the 1st time in an 11 years not helped by the announcement from the european central bank that it will not cut rates any further. as the cracks begin to show in economies and health care systems across the world it is the very human toll of covert 19 that must be remembered charlie angela how does it. or you saw president in that report by charlie angela let's bring in the butler from paris with more natasha presidents had to say in the past hour and the measures that france will be taking. yes the french president addressing the nation for the 1st time really during this coronavirus crisis which he called the worst

health crisis that france has faced for a century now he announced a range of measures that he says french authorities hope will help stop the spread of the virus at least could take a little slow it down if you like because they know he said that there's nothing we can do about it being among us we're at the beginning he says it's only going to get worse over the next few weeks but at least we can try and slow it down and that eases the pressure on the health services so some of the measures are shutting schools colleges universities down until date he didn't give a date and which they might reopen he has asked all businesses and companies to ask their staff to stay at home and work remotely where possible a transport will still function but he's asking people really not to go on public transport for all people to be very aware of the vulnerable in society to not move around if they really don't have to to not travel if they don't have to stay at

home as much as possible so a raft of measures as i said really designed to try and slow the spread of the corona virus in france we have more than 2800 cases and it is going up of course all the time all right that's our show thank you for that update from paris. well the european central bank has warned of a considerable worsening in growth thanks to the pandemic that as the global markets battled through another day there was a dramatic start to the day in new york the stock exchange forced to halt trading automatically for 15 minutes after the s. and p. $500.00 fell 7 percent on opening and in london the footsie $100.00 has closed down more than 10 percent its biggest one day fall in more than 3 decades and asia markets plunged for a 2nd straight day hong kong's hang seng index dropping by more than 4 percent at one point before closing down more than 3 and a half percent let's get an update from chris and solutions joining us live from new york of the markets have just closed in the past few minutes did that sell off

continue chris and. you know what a brutal day here the markets have just closed and the dow jones industrial average is down more than 10 percent the s. and p. $500.00 nasdaq also down more than 9 percent continuing a trend that we've seen lately 13 out of the last 15 days have been sell offs on wall street and today even as central banks have been stepping in as we saw in europe that didn't do much to calm investors' concerns same thing here in the united states we had the market plunge right after the opening bell that shut down that you mentioned of 15 minutes calm things for a bit but the sell off continued the federal reserve the u.s. central bank attempted to step in and offer one and a half trillion dollars in short term funding to keep the markets going that only helps temporarily and we ended up where we are now at the end of the day and

basically i think what's happening is the news is just coming in too fast for anyone to catch up we've had in the last hours broadway shows being canceled here in new york major sports leagues canceling the baseball is putting off the start of the season for 2 weeks basketball canceled flights being canceled president trump made an announcement cancelled flights from europe to the united states canceled prevented travelers from coming to from europe to the united states that's hitting airlines who are already suffering leading to request for more help basically the markets are very unsteady and nothing that the government has done so far has been enough to calm them down it's impossible to predict where things are going now but one thing that we can look at is the so-called volatility index that

is at an all time high here in new york a concern as things move forward will wait to see what happens on friday the end of the trading week kristen thank you for that update from new york. well meanwhile the u.s. vice president says that americans returning from overseas will be asked to go into self quarantine for 14 days that's as part of efforts to contain the outbreak there are currently more than $1300.00 cases in the u.s. but mike pence says he expects that number to rise he also defended your travel ban from european countries saying the epicenter of the pandemic is now there and not china or south korea or the travel ban only affects mainland european countries it doesn't include ireland where the prime minister has met from the prime minister's annual meeting coincided with celebrations for in st patrick's day but it's been shortened due to the corona virus outbreak earlier he had announced there raft of measures including school closures to limit the break 3 and alan fischer from

washington d.c. for an update from there because a lot of clerk for patients are needed from the white house allan what's been the reaction to how trump has handled the issues surrounding the coronavirus and the travel ban. of course he decided to have a primetime national address on wednesday to try and ease fears but they've spent the last 24 hours since this speech essentially going around saying well the president actually mean what he meant was this he talked about banning trade between the united states in europe that's not the case trade still goes on he talked about banning travel from europe apart from the u.k. ireland isn't included in fact it only affects the 26 shane countries so there's a number of issues and people are a bit concerned that donald trump is trying to sell something that the markets aren't buying in either of the american people that everything is calm everything is under control just as one example just in the last 15 minutes the head of public

health in ohio has said that in that state in the midwest big state important state around one percent of the population probably has the coronavirus that would make it around 117000 people with the virus at the moment that state has 5 positive tests so when mike pence says that the problem is going to get bigger you see just how much bigger it's going to get and this is going to continue to be a political battle as well because with her joe biden just in the last couple of hours present what he says is his plan that's on his web site that would help america get over the country i says now the term campaign says he's taken a lot of those ideas from the trump initiative over the last couple of weeks but certainly joe biden delivered his speech many people were saying that he looked a lot more presidential that he looked a lot more calm than he was suggesting measures that people could easily relate to

but he started off by thanking the people who were involved in treating those with the disease something that donald trump conspicuously failed to do just last night that mike pence says that a number of people have been don't playing the real. injured from the corona virus and that has been unhelpful but of course us exactly what donald trump has been doing is well he has not said in recently that it is a huge crisis just yesterday he was saying this is something we will get through he hasn't acknowledged the severity of the situation something that my parents is deeply concerned about just and one other thing to touch on is the number of tests many people have criticised the trumpet ministration for not being in top of that just in the last 4 days the center for disease control has tested new people and public tests while they've carried out 8 in the last 4 days so just to reiterate the c.d.c. the center for disease control has tested 0 people in the last 4 days that is why

many people across the country crying out for these tests and hoping to get them done soon all right allan thank you for that update from washington so to come on al-jazeera the world health organization calls for an easing of sanctions on iran to help to fight the coronavirus and civilians caught in the crossfire in the central african republic now they face having their phones set on fire details coming up. welcome back let's look at the weather across australasia this time and we've got a circulation of low pressure which is almost certain to turn into a tropical cyclone off the coast of queensland so covering the great barrier reef system at the moment so some big season like could be abused but developing here heavy showers along the coast to further south not looking too bad bruce been down

to sydney plenty of sunshine highs there into the mid twenty's we've got this frontal system which is pretty active across towns maniac amusin really heavy rain also pushing into parts of victoria the monitor cross western australia spec to see showers developing in person as we head into the weekend there some heavy showers are likely to in the course of the day states that front no clear of tasmania affecting sydney return which is coming down in the risk of showers increasing but it should remain clear of new zealand so a fine day across much of the country but circulation is likely to move a bit further away from the coast for a time heading up into northeastern parts of asia and here we've got some rain across northern parts of japan and you turn to snow over the higher ground further search area looking to about but this area of rain is that you moving out of southern parts of china into these china sea and will affect southern parts of japan during the course of saturday.

being a refugee means starting again. but building a new life in a new country is no easy task when you're trying to get. witness follows one of the last refugee families from syria to be granted an american visa. from the personal sacrifices to the families to try and. meet the syrians on al-jazeera. to lose. the war in a blue. moon. hello again the top stories on al-jazeera countries across europe are taking

increasingly drastic measures to try and contain the coronavirus france arland norway have joined the list of nations closing all schools and universities greece austria and poland have confirmed their 1st debts and the u.k. prime minister says the government is stepping up its response but schools will remain open for now. and the e.u. has condemned the us president's decision to ban all travelers from europe excluding the u.k. and ireland for the next 30 days vice president mike pence says it was necessary as europe is now the epicenter of the pandemic. global markets have again plans to grow over the coronavirus the dow jones has closed this hour down 10 percent while the london footsie 100 had its biggest one day fall in more than 30 years. and the top adviser to iran's supreme leader has been infected with corona virus comes as the. country has asked for billions of dollars in loans from the international

monetary fund to help fight the virus the health ministry there says the number of infections has passed $10429.00 people have died but there are concerns the figures could be much higher as the government struggles to manage the spread of the virus . has more from to her on. several weeks into this global pandemic and countries in asia in the middle east are talking about the gains that are being made in trying to stop the spread of covert 19 but in iran there are daily reminders that this country is struggling to stop the spread to get a grip on the spread of the current virus throughout the country in a letter to the united nations secretary general and tony a good sierra's iran's foreign minister john urged the united nations to bring pressure to bear on the united states to try to get them to remove what iran sees as illegal unilateral sanctions that it says is now hurting its ability to combat the coronavirus to illustrate his point tweeted about

a list of approximately 30 bits of medical supplies types of equipment that health care providers urgently need to track and identify and treat patients that have contracted coronavirus includes things like ventilators gloves masks specific medicines all things that hospitals find they are in short supply and also earlier this week iran requested from its central bank to the international monetary fund an emergency relief package of $5000000000.00 and that is specifically to combat to help combat the coronavirus spread in iraq tweeted about that as well saying that it was imperative on the i.m.f. to be on the right side of history and facilitate iran as it tries to combat the spread of this virus now many here in iran do expect that the i.m.f. will be keen to help but that the united states will try to block those funds from coming through all of this is happening as the worst is yet to come in iran experts

medical experts say that the peak of the virus in this country is likely to come in the next 2 weeks. well the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called for the formation of an emergency government with his chief rival to confront the coronavirus crisis that's only at home made the offer on a nationally televised address saying the new temporary regime would save the lives of citizens he also ordered most schools in the country to be closed and the canadian prime minister justin trudeau is self isolating after his wife sophie was tested for the virus he says that while he's not showing signs of infection himself he's being cautious until receiving his wife's results so future do is tested for the virus after she began to show flu like symptoms following a visit to the u.k. . the governor of new york state has banned public gatherings of more than 500 people effectively shutting down major broadway theaters that comes as hollywood

actor tom hanks and his wife rita wilson have been quarantined in an australian hospital after a contract in the coronavirus hanks said he and his wife had felt tired with colds aches and slight fevers before testing positive the film star was in queensland for an elvis presley biopic which is now suspended production the pair are in stable condition health officials are working to find more than 200 people they may have come into contact with out of concerts all sports events around the world are being played in empty stadiums postponed or even canceled because of the pandemic our sports correspondent andy richardson has more. when i left in the way hours of thursday night one team decided to play games behind closed doors that situation changed very quickly the utah jazz player i read about positive and those somewhat haunting images of his press conference on monday when he was asked about coronavirus attempted to make

a joke about it but its hands all over the reporter's phones in dictaphones and microphones in what was an attempt at a joke 48 hours later he's tested positive for corona virus and there's a lot of work now working out exactly which players he's been in contact with a 2nd player of the utah jazz has also now tested positive for the coronavirus the n.h.l. the national hockey league in north america they've said they will update their sort of movements in the next hour or 2 but we're expecting something similar to come from them as well and then you have football just in the last last couple of hours word from les the city in the english premier league that 3 of their players are in self isolation before that's we heard that the whole rail madrid seem. koren saying that after a basketball player around with dread had tested positive they shared training facilities with ray also the whole spanish league now has been suspended evil is very peculiar situation where the english premier league involving less the city is

the only major league now in europe which is carrying on regardless just how long that situation can be maintained is it doesn't really seem sustainable we're getting unconfirmed reports that the formula one grand prix in australia in melbourne has now been postponed if that follows on from the news that the mclaren team of pulled out of the race after one of their team members did test pos positive for corona virus. well the coronavirus is also having an impact on space exploration a joint russian european mission to mars has been postponed until 2022 the russian space agency said the final phase of exo mars activities have been compromised by the general situation in european countries the roasts cosmo's director general said it was a difficult but well wait a decision to postpone the launch on the mission has been repeatedly postponed and was most recently scheduled for this year he's got a check on other news now and at least 40 people have been killed in fighting

between armed groups in the central african republic in the past 2 days it's taking place in and most of the dead are civilians the violence involve members of the popular front for the renaissance of central africa and the movements of central african liberators for justice they also set fire to buildings housing people displaced by the fighting mother theresa's monitoring developments from nigeria's capital. the fighting is the latest in a cycle of violence that been rocking central african republic since last late last year early this year the recent major fighting was of course in february when several people were killed but the latest round of violence the one we're talking about now happened 2 days ago and at least 40 people have been reported dead and most of them like you said are civilians fighting broke out between 2 major rebel groups or armed groups in the central african republic in the area from delhi

these are the p r c and the m l a c j but also there are ethnic clashes in that region which contributed to the latest or the rise in casualty figures in that area now in a statement that the government issued it condemned the killings saying that the rebel groups we who are signatories to a peace accord and reconciliation efforts should stop using civilians as human shields and also stop disrupting aid operations in that region so latest report from the central african republic indicate that they've been fighting has been going on pockets of violence have continued till this day and that reinforcements security reinforcement has been sent to those areas to calm the situation down it's not clear whether they are able to stop the 2 sides fighting each other or stop the ethnic militias attacking each other and bring peace to that region. the u.s. defense secretary marc aspart says the president has given him the all 40 it's

a retaliates after a rocket attack in iraq left 3 people dead 2 americans on a british soldier were killed after a barrage of rockets were fired at a military base north of baghdad on wednesday the head of the u.s. central command has suggested the attack was carried out by an iranian backed group a similar attack in december led to a tit for tat escalation culminating in the assassination of the iranian general custom so they money by the u.s. now the u.n. special envoy for yemen has warned the security council that military escalation and joe frisks triggering conflict in other areas martin griffith says it may kick off a new and irresponsible cycle of violence in the country the most alarming military escalation that's taking place in our job of government to the east of santa i'm deeply concerned about the rationale driving these escalations and of course the

impact of the violence on our jobs people thousands of families are being displaced by the recent fighting and this escalation could trigger conflicts in other governorates and dragged yemen downwards into a new and irresponsible cycle of violence this would have devastating humanitarian consequences and also political consequences the united nations high commissioner for refugees has pledged $40000000.00 for operations and soon don the country has a longstanding tradition of hosting refugees from eritrea syria yemen and chad's earlier the un's for the program they spoke to al jazeera he explains how the funding will support people in refugee camps. on the one hand the fact that this peace talks between the government. and this and these groups has created more space we human need tarion agencies have more access than before to areas that

previously were not accessible humanitarian assistance so that's big progress that shore's how this country is moving in the right direction but on the other hand this transition is very fragile you know there's a big discussion in the international community about providing long term aid to sudan that these still constrained by stank sions that were imposed when i was there the country sponsoring terrorism there's discussions of lifting those sanctions and i think it's very important that those discussions are accelerated so that the country that dividends of this positive transition can be felt by the population that the needs and if we lower the tensions which as we have seen are still very high australia's high court has delayed its final verdict on whether to overturn a senior roman catholic cardinals conviction for a sex abuse 78 year old former archbishop of melbourne george pell is serving

a 6 year jail sentence for molesting 2 choir boys in the 1990 s. he's the highest ranking catholic official ever convicted of child sex crimes michael gage was outside the court in canberra she says a decision might not be known for months. all of the arguments today have really been based around questioning some of the issues that the defense right yesterday at the defense really questions the credibility and reliability of one of the formal quiet boys who was sexually assaulted by hell the other one died in 24 chain of a drug overdose but the prosecution today told the court that there's no reason to not believe this witness he did come across as well liable and credible the jury sold that and there's no reason why the like what should not believe him either now obviously these 2 days of hearing has come to an end now it's been very very significant case in this trial but this appeal process is very far from that's

because the justices decided to reserve in making a decision on this case and that means that we may not hear back from them for months so essentially many things could happen here but getting to the crux of it 7 justices now need to decide over the coming months whether they will uphold the conviction or allow george pell to walk away a free man. again he had lines on al-jazeera the smaller countries across europe are taking increasingly drastic measures to try to contain the coronavirus france arlen's on norway have joined the list of nations closing all schools and universities greece austria and poland have confirmed their 1st deaths italy's death toll has topped

1000 the u.k. prime minister says schools will remain open for now but he urged anyone with symptoms to stay home. i must live in with you live with the british public. families many more families are going to lose loved ones before that the most important task will be to protect and most vulnerable people during the peak weeks when there is the maximum risk of exposure to the disease and when the n.h.s. will be under the most pressure so the most dangerous period is no no but some weeks away depending on how fast it's brits global markets have again plunged or as fears grow over the coronavirus the dow jones has close this hour down 10 percent while the london footsie $100.00 had its biggest one day fall in more than 30 years and in asia markets fell for a 2nd straight day while the e.u.

has condemned the u.s. president's decision to ban all travelers from mainland europe for the next 30 days vice president mike pence says it was necessary as europe is now the epicenter of the pandemic the travel ban only affects mainland european countries and doesn't include ireland was prime minister is currently meeting donald trump earlier the prime minister announced a raft of measures including school closures to limit the outbreak trump says they're tackling the virus on a state by state basis and the top advisor to iran's supreme leader has been infected with corona virus it comes as the country has asked for billions of dollars in loans from the international monetary fund to help fight the virus the health ministry there says the number for infections has surpassed 10429 people have died today with a headlines people in power is up next. the

2014 people of revealed the shameful treatment of disabled people in or maybe a state run school some of them funded by the year even if they promised it will be abuses but now 5 years on we've heard fresh allegations about the black to mistreat of disabled people across eastern europe in the 1st of 2 special reports sara spent years between best. that october 29th teen and hundreds of people with disabilities operate testing in

brussels. that angry over human rights violations committed against disabled people in institutions across europe. they claim that many european countries are ignoring international conventions designed to end the mistreatment of disabled people and their incarceration stagehands denying them the freedom to live in the community are out. for these 2 polish investigation we've traveled across europe to find out about conditions in european institutions and state heavens. we've found shocking admission of abuse. and of particular concern some of these institutions have received funding from the european union.

people and 1st reported on the abuse of disabled people in state institutions when we came to remain a 5 years ago. then we revealed. youngsters tied to beds. school age conditions. allegations of assault and words that night when. i confronted a remain in minister with the evidence we gathered. what do you think about among your daughter bill citizens or what you get the right amount of doing what they're what is necessary what they were have the means to do. now 5 years since the minister made that pledge i've returned here to investigate whether conditions for people with disabilities really have changed.

i'm travelling in the county of madam or ash with human rights lawyer georgiana paskin and she got in touch to tell me about a disturbing discovery she made here just this september. she came to see too much to this institution for 34 disabled adults with intellectual disabilities. down these corridors she sold residence tied up and imprisoned. around this room 8 people were kept in 5 chambers made of plexiglas with metal frames. she showed me pictures she'd taken when she came here she was told people were knocked up when they were agitated. in these cages you cannot have access to a toilet or

a water. she saw these dormitories dish shower room where residents were washed down with a hose. would soon go off to the residence where the hole is exactly this is what really is all around the rest exactly. there was no kitchen in this place say plates were washed in the same shallow as. georgianna so residents tied to beds. in this room she was told a man was brought here after a medical examination under this sheet georgianna so that the resident was tied. the staff told us that he is very sick and he cannot speak and he has his hands and his fate tied to the bed. georgianna made an urgent complaint

about the treatment of people here. 3 weeks later where with pat as she tries to find out what's happened since. we were told the plexiglas cages had gone and we saw them dismantled. so had there been a real change in approach air we were told some residents had been moved to this state and we weren't allowed in but speaking from behind the gate one of the workers told georgianna wife the food cages are still necessary for disabled people here. about. the. privileges. we're going to for the start plus. what. we then had a view of management about cicutto disabled people this man is chief of institutions in secret too much he told us something he calls an isolation chambers

could still be needed. for people with disabilities in the future. these october unofficial reports need new homes will be created for disabled people . under 2 for a cheese had acquired approved means of containment a system of immobilization of arms to the bed. in response to our questions. said residents were put in isolated on the recommendation of a specialist doctor when people will self destructive for aggressive and paste a serious threat to themselves and others they said since residents were really hated accommodation and staffing had improved every time when i have to speak about

the situation over may i have to stick about the glock and abuse i feel ashamed that we are lost he wasn't under the government but it's not as if these abuses have gone unreported over the past 5 years there has been a plethora of reports from around this country about the treatment of disabled people in a state home in bucharest a deaf boy is left tied to a duel. in the county of alt a staff member is filmed physically and verbally abusing a 9 year old girl. to encourage the other in county further allegations that youngsters in centers were virtually physically and sexually abused. reports about medication this year the use of sedation in children centers around romania. i don't think that now the main problem is in the

mania is the lack of money and the lack of resources. what is the. is the lack of understanding. so why are abuses continuing in this country the journey in the transylvanian mountains heading to the county of soup you. are on fire is take us here to an institution near the town of tal much to. the conditions for some disabled people here downed over the past year. in the grounds a resident whose hands are tied. this is privilege and one where over 40 severely disabled residents with intellectual disabilities live the surroundings are bleak and spartan. we understand there were over $160.00 serious incidents

a time out shoot over the course of just 18 months the majority in pavillion one violence between residents needing 2 injuries including teeth pulled out and fractures there were also suicide attempts. we traveled to meet an independent psychologist who's monitored conditions inside remain in institutions for the past 15 years an expert brought in to investigate the telemachus center a place he says that's emblematic of the response of all forages in romania when it comes to the abuse of disabled people here. are just a shock on board is the government my doctor knows a lot of thing for marty some can see that at the start of the op to not wallow by the popular ask a question. the prison general support but virtually sit was cared for by his sister

a friend number of years aged 32 he was living at the time much institution then on the 30th of july last year his sister got an unknown in call. the number listed it in the book cover up of yet another massive. muslim up in a bottle at the mosque in a total amount of matter to multiple the teleport. is by the minute something like about that the amount she found her brother in intensive care he'd been subjected to a brutal attack by another disabled resident she was told his eyes had been gouged out. more picked up what the once a word well thought out that's. why i think you know what the doctors on the block. there's now until it's gone they all paused course on the old. food to grasp she had injuries on vassal his body and out his arms and out his

ankles apparent ligature marks which raised disturbing questions. but was an odd and she now. investigating has been didn't. this all for mutt or for this is the above examples in a more open to the victim are so he forced the got. however the all forages have continued to maintain vasily was not tied up when he was attacked they told us the center complied with minimum quality standards and to the director of the center had taken all necessary measures to optimally resolve the incident and to come to be ensure the integrity and safety of the other institutionalized beneficiaries they also said that the center does not employ medical specialist which is why restraint procedures have never been employed by the center. in the

meantime vasily now blind has been brought back to tom i choose to live in pavillion one the same place where he was attacked but his sister still wants her questions answered about why this brutal assault could have happened. or the more you open the bottle with the other. kids but also the bulk of the all married. for the most common not as moment romagna the risk when they see it would seem. up to. super insulin or the thing. is. that your. arm doesn't need. a lot of artist to want. to. put it deep frustration to some

hoops applied to bielski manias institutions is the big sister. elisabetta l.-e. to her friends was abandoned as a baby and lived in a tangle of 8 different institutions as a child when a young woman the mall doesn't for us. what is. she isn't for us a ready. i just. didn't get the email ya put it out there. this year it's artists to do. with the help of an artist only has written an extraordinary graphic autobiography account of what it was like can remain in state . as for them there was a. child by a car a method. though that. formed

that of a child walk on that. they began to bet. that they said the. stamkos. that there was there let's all those there are. any escaped and now lives independently in here in flat adjusting to freedom after decades of institutional life. group worth a look. uncle my arm. along with martin another survivor of institutions kelly is working with a charity into mush wire to refurbish apartments their hope that they can create

homes for disabled people still living in institutions. will close there for them article. said the. barnyard j r. r. 5 was no creating thousands of years apart of them and the shift here kyra on what is the best and. it's fair go for the sun always a bit better that they get on with that. in fact the right of disabled people to live independently is a key e.u. policy unlike other member countries rumania has received billions in aid from the european union for its disabled citizens. but 5 years ago we revealed how some of this money had been spent not to close

institutions and remaining but to renovate from places like this and the county of jesuit. we also revealed a scandal that european union funding had pooled in to remain in institutions like time target with allegations of serious human rights abuses. a little there a little earlier the focus of the issue here. we challenged an e.u. commissioner is there a concern that structural funds have gone into institutions in romania whether have been human rights abuses. we have no evidence if there's any evidence we will certainly follow up. returning to remain here this year we uncovered further evidence on e.u. money and allegations of human rights abuses. turn

a russian in the county of sinew an institution that children and young people with a range of disability and needs. when stories began circulating here that sex traffickers were preying on fun of all girls georgianna pascual try to find out. there were wars interviews with children in that but the core awful way that though some of those. girls are involved in prostitution human trafficking against their will. at the time the e.u. and the remaining authorities were planning a huge investment in the. disturbed by what she was hearing georgianna published a report in 2014 detailing concerns. nevertheless investment funds flowed in and in 2015 the refurbished building was forming a. huge sums of e.u.

money was spent on medications here seen in this footage supplied by a visitor. 3 years later a man was convicted of trafficking in c.p.u. we understand prosecutors evidence included testimony that a trafficker 1st approached girls in the institution asking 2011 new authorities told us the girls were trafficking 2012 after they left turn a russian. in january this year georgiana confronted an e.u. official about the funding of 10 a russian she says the officials any response was to suggest the remaining government write about it in. something like you know. legalizing human rights abuses against people with disabilities the roumanian government didn't respond to requests for a written statement on issues raised in our phone. but rumania is not

the only european country where there are deep concerns about disabled people and human rights violations in state institutions. an investigation next took us to hungary another country in receipt of millions in a way for disabled people. this is an institution called top half an hour's drive from hundreds capital the past. what's happened here has led to serious questions about the e.u.'s response when there are allegations of abuse. in footage filmed inside the institution 2 years ago a disabled boy is trapped beneath his claim. that images change the treatment of other young people. stephen allen from the ngo

validity told me what they found when they visited top us in 2017 this is a young woman who we were told was placed in this cage for her own safety she has epilepsy it was really horrible a shocking thing to see in and keeping people in cages of course absolutely contravenes every human rights that there is this is a young man actually with down's syndrome is legs. very skinny this all suggests that he doesn't move very much. and this is someone tied in radio tied to a pipe this is a completely unlawful form of restraint where this young man was known to be particularly active able to move around and so what we understand staff would tie his leg to the radiator and then finally this image you found i think you found.

behind a knocking door didn't you behind a locked door that had had the handle removed which we were told there was no one inside to buy stuff he was standing in the middle of the room rocking making really distressed sounds it was extremely extremely distressing sight. stephen allen's engineer discovered tom had received funding from the european union. when we have ensured got a response over a year later the commission's reply was that this is not our responsibility this is the responsibility of hungary now we say that is incorrect both legally but also morally doesn't mean to say that we would let hungary off the hook either they both need to answer for this but it's unacceptable and unsustainable frankly for the commission simply to say it's not it's not up to us go. we asked

a hunger in government for a response to allegations about human rights violations which top house but received no reply so i'm ready it's not i'm writing to be. so proud and it beats it being here and all circuits to really search for those who are not with us you're a liar they're all. 6 back in brussels a key demand from demonstrating is the end to institutional state. and . 2 i. was a. good. idea the office is if you european commission a symbolic protest about european union money to institution. that you might. then

a development the european commission director comes to see what this protest is a one about a complainer tulsa i then asked about human rights abuses. you know except that there are uses inside institutions but only one is gone and i wouldn't go that much details because i try to secure that wherever it's actually that's running the dissenters on it is that simple that there's abuses take place absolutely i would say of course it's on the sex of absolute there except the from the human rights point to for a period between to see what's the european commission is going to do but now we are in a quite interesting stage because we are just conducting the negotiations for the future for syria i think this is important that this is important that people also be this ability to speak about it. in part to this investigation we return to the european commission for a further interview with further questions. we traveled to bug area code up as

a model for how even funding companies institutions and help disabled people live independently. this was a huge lie people never gain the control of their lives millions in weight has poured into a new model of living for disabled children youngsters and adults that cooled small blue flames seen as an alternative to knowledge institutions of the past we expose the reality is inside them that we've seen is the perpetuation of neglect abuse and segregation that is human lives throughout it.

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